I Thought I Liked Coconuts!

Insects may dominate in numbers, but when it comes to size crustaceans have them beat! Image courtesy of Gerald McCormack and Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust

Who's Been Robbing The Garbage Can?

So your family has moved to a South Pacific Island. Welcome to sun, beautiful beaches, and warmth. You figure if this isn't paradise, then it's pretty darn close. Then someone asks you to take out the garbage, and you run into this!

You've just met one of your new neighbors Birgus latro, the largest terrestrial invertebrate on the planet!